Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-29
SOCIETY NOTES.

Miss Waite has gone to Annapolis for visit.
Miss Eleanor Foster, daughter Of Hon. John W.
Foster, went yesterday, to New York city for
Van SantvOOrds.
Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Mclean went over to New
York to-day.
Mrs. ex-President Tyler will see her friends at
MT. Lachlan Tyler's, on 18th street, on Thursday
afternoon.
Senator and Mrs. Spooner have returned from
Wisconsin, and will remain here until the latter
part OF April.
That there are large number OF Washington
people going abroad this season was demonstra-
ted Yesterday by the eager listeners who gathered
times. 1t was at an afternoon reception, and one
lady said it was strange that nobody ever wrote a
tS ueeail oi tne .nlgs necessary Tor sea voyage;
want TO wear pair OF congress CATERS" said this
shepherdess of the ocean, in response 'for there is
infinite distress in the bending over to button
boots, and your maid is sure to have the NAL de
mer worse than yourself. Every small comfort
Is such relief from the dreadful nausea that pos
sesseS you. NO, l know no preventive for the
horrible feeling OF it. Pounded ice helps
little; it sort OF paralyzes the stomach,
you throw it up again, for the retching upon
emptiness is exhausting. Be sure and buy your
steamer chairs before sailing; the steamship com
panies ought to provide them, but they do not
You store them in Liverpool until your return l
provide me a blue cloth wrapper with plating
about the bottom or it, SO that it will look as
dressy as possible, and a big double-breasted
ulster, that button upon me, and hood with an
elastic in 1t, to cover over the hair-very pretty
shawls and a nubia TO tie about my neck. And IL
you value your comfort do not fail to wear pair
OF wOolen stockings, else your legs Will be very
cold, and over them you must wear pair OF thick
cloth drawers. never wear any corset, but just
wrap me up in these garments like a muihmy.
stout linen With pockets in it, ike a shoe bag.
Tack IL upon the wall OF your stateroom, and put
into it the pocket combs brushes, bottles,
nina rarS In two
aes svernns ss1fa eSe sS dsy goS
might possibly require. It is no use to lay
out things loose for convenience, for at the first
never get trace OF them again on that voyage. My
plan has always been to stay upon deck all day,
and have the stewards bring me up something to
eat, and never go into the saloon. AS many times
as have crossed am always sick. always think
what fool am TO venture the voyage, but then
feel so we'll when get my feet upon the ground
and do not remember the discomforts OF the cross
ing. Another thing you will find great luxury
Is H sa sn If e snver one ~n 1cx
they use cotton pillows and many stiff neck
have had trying to sleep upon them. Before leav-
poOed, and dressed high upon my head, in puffs,
and then l only brush it up every day from the
nape to the top OF my head. One is not able to
comb ones hair. Oh, that Is only few Of the
things could tell for your guidance" said the
sprightly wife of much-traveled American min
lister at foreign courts. And all the women sat
entranced. delighted with the practical sugges-
tiOns, SO freely given and so gratefully received
Gen. Z. +. Beale who has been seriously i'll dur
ing the past week. has been declared by his physi-
clans to be now out of danger. He is still con-
fined to his rOOm but expects to be about In few
days. The attack was an acute disorder that only
the most heroic treatment and skill1ul nursing
could overcome. Gen. Beale returned from Cali
fOrnia a fortnight ago.
Baron Tavera, the new minister from Austria,
who has arrived here is not stranger in the CITY,
Mr.. Tavera, for that was his title then, was here
in Gen. Grants time. The social leaders at that
time were Mrs. Fish, the Frellnghuysens, and the
Sherman'S, &C. Gen. Beale'S house, always hos
pitable, was then the center Of gayety, and Admi-
raj and Mrs. Porter were frequent entertainers.
Baron Tavera Is fine musician and brilliant
performer upon the piano. e will be, therefore,
dOubly welcome to our music-lOvtng society
circles
The wife OF Admiral Harmony has returned
from Elizabeth. N. j., where she went to attend
the funeral Of her sister.
MR.. DENHAM AND THE STONECUTTERS-Mr e.
Bonel, OF l.. A. 2593, h. OF l., writes to The STAR,
taking exceptions TO what MIR. Denham chairman
OF the executive board, was reported as saying in